This time, Real Madrid carried out a real raid. Upset against France Football following the award of the Ballon d’Or to Rodri, to the point that Florentino Perez did not hesitate to boycott the ceremony at the last minute, the Merengue club thus saw Vinicius being rewarded at the The Best trophies, as well as Carlo Ancelotti while five Madrid players joined the eleven of the year with Jude Bellingham, Dani Carvajal, Toni Kroos and Antonio Rüdiger to accompany the Brazilian winger.
Kylian Mbappé, however, had no say in the matter, having to settle for ninth place in the best player rankings and not taking a place in the eleven of the year, unlike his compatriot William Saliba. A fine player, the Bondynois nonetheless congratulated Vinicius. “Well deserved bro”, he wrote in an Instagram story with lots of emojis.
Kylian Mbappé’s abstention goes badly
The striker of the France team, however, did not want to give his voice as captain of the France team to his Madrid teammate. And for good reason, the former Parisian did not vote this year, even being the only captain not to participate in the vote. Last year, however, he played the game, not hesitating to vote for Lionel Messi ahead of Erling Haaland and Kevin de Bruyne.
Kylian Mbappé’s abstention did not go unnoticed by Madrid supporters, with many of them not hesitating to criticize him for not having taken the trouble to vote for Vinicius when, as expected, the vote was close , the Selaçao player ahead of Rodri by only five points.